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Joby Aviation makes ‘corporate espionage’ claims in lawsuit against rival Archer

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Electric air taxi developer Joby Aviation is suing Archer Aviation over allegations its rival used stolen trade secrets extracted from a former employee to interfere in its business. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in the Superior Court of California in Santa Cruz County, makes a series of allegations against Archer and George Kivork, a former Joby employee. […]

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This Khosla-based startup can track drones, trucks, and robotaxis, inch by inch

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For San Francisco-based startup Point One Navigation, the value of ‘location, location, location’ extends well beyond real estate. And investors seem to agree. Point One Navigation, a startup that has developed precise location technology, has just raised $35 million in a Series C round led by Khosla Ventures. The company’s post-money valuation is now $230

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Another fire breaks out at aluminum plant that supplies Ford

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Another fire has broken out at the Novelis aluminum plant in Oswego, NY that supplies sheet metal for Ford’s trucks, including its all-electric F-150 Lightning. The four-alarm fire started Thursday morning and has still not been extinguished. Local news outlet CNY Central was the first to report the new blaze. The Novelis plant suffered a

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Waymo enters 3 more cities: Minneapolis, New Orleans and Tampa

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Waymo has three new cities in its sights as it continues to expand around the United States: Minneapolis, New Orleans, and Tampa. The company said on Thursday that it will start manually driving its vehicles in those cities “in the coming days,” ahead of testing and validating its driverless tech, before eventually launching a commercial

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Uber Eats will use Starship sidewalk robots to deliver food in the UK

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Uber Eats is partnering with sidewalk delivery robot company Starship Technologies to deliver food in the U.K. starting later this year. The companies will start the service in the Leeds and Sheffield areas “from select merchants” in December and expand from there. Uber said the service will expand to “additional European markets in 2026” and

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Monarch Tractor preps for layoffs and warns employees it may ‘shut down’

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Autonomous electric tractor startup Monarch Tractor warned staff Thursday it may need to lay off more than 100 employees, or possibly even ‘shut down,’ according to a company-wide memo obtained by TechCrunch. The memo comes after Monarch Tractor was already cutting some positions over the last few weeks at its California corporate facilities and remote

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Tesla receives ride-hailing permit in Arizona in last required step to launch robotaxi service

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Tesla received a ride-hailing permit this week from Arizona regulators, opening the door for the automaker to begin operating a robotaxi service in the state. A spokesperson with Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) told TechCrunch the automaker applied for a Transportation Network Company (TNC) permit on November 13. Tesla met the requirements to operate as a

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Monarch Tractor sued over tractors that were ‘unable to operate autonomously’

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Monarch Tractor has been accused of overpromising on the autonomous capabilities of its tractors, according to a new lawsuit. Burks Tractor, a dealership located in Idaho, has sued Monarch for breach of contract and allegedly violating its warranty because the California-based startup’s tractors were “unable to operate autonomously.” The dealership also says the 10 tractors

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